Ball of Thread

Based on the story, The Magic Thread, from The Book of Virtues, I imagined myself unravelling at each tug of the string. While the original story is about skipping through life—each tug of the thread would cause the main character to jump to a point in the future depending on how hard he pulls.

There are many "threads" that we may be pulling. Maybe it's to get out discomfort, maybe it's to numb pain, maybe it's to become passive.

The question is not, "what is the thread?" rather, it's "what is the cost of pulling on it?"